The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region encourages the netizens to use Twitter, a micro-blogging site, to help reach out street children on the thoroughfares of Metro Manila. DSWD-NCR Regional Director Vincent Andrew T. Leyson said that the public can report kids sleeping, loitering, begging or vending on the streets through continue reading : Use twitter to save street kids – DSWD-NCR
Residents of DSWD center join NBA FIT Clinic
National Basketball Association (NBA) athlete Brandon Knight, guard of Phoenix Suns, and former NBA cager DeCovan ‘Dee’ Brown tipped off the NBA FIT Week in the country wherein five (5) residents of Elsie Gaches Village were among the participants last July 21, 2016 held at Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City. Knight emphasized the importance of continue reading : Residents of DSWD center join NBA FIT Clinic
DSWD encourages partners to provide jobs for program beneficiaries
The Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region elicited the support of the Hotel Managers and Human Resource Officers in Metro Manila to provide employment to the Pantawid Pamilya partner beneficiaries with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Certificate held last July 22, 2016 at Best Western Hotel La Corona Manila. During continue reading : DSWD encourages partners to provide jobs for program beneficiaries
Triumph behind disability and struggles
“Being alone is not a reason to give up, hence, a challenge to face life and succeed,” says Michael Rosqueta, 32 years old, a multi-disabled person and is now working as helper in the Philippine Airlines Earphone Sanitizing Project of Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop of Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). continue reading : Triumph behind disability and struggles
DSWD clients develop their character through outdoor camp
The Elsie Gaches Village, a center which serves mentally challenge persons with underlying medical problems, conducted three-day Outdoor Camp which aimed to develop the leadership and positive team culture of its residents that would help them achieve their desired goals held last July 7-9, 2016 at Pagsanjan Falls Resort and Lodge, Pagsanjan Laguna. Various activities continue reading : DSWD clients develop their character through outdoor camp
DSWD-NCR readies relief goods due to typhoon Butchoy
Though no evacuees reported yet in Metro Manila today amidst continuous rain due to typhoon Butchoy, the Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) still readies some 18,260 family food packs and other non-food items for possible relief operations due to said weather condition. Meanwhile, per coordination with the Metro Manila continue reading : DSWD-NCR readies relief goods due to typhoon Butchoy
DSWD-NCR leads in strengthening public-private partnership
Through a Social Welfare and Development (SWD) forum, the Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) recently convened its partners from public and private sectors for the implementation of various social welfare and development programs and services. With this, representatives from LGUs, National Government Agencies, NGOs, DSWD Centers and Residential Care continue reading : DSWD-NCR leads in strengthening public-private partnership
DSWD strengthens its Bayanihan Bayan Program
To rekindle and promote the “bayanihan” spirit among its staff, the Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) relaunched its Bayanihang Bayan Program (BBP) which aims to maximize the vast potential of volunteers as partners in promoting faster, and better social welfare service delivery, held at H20 Hotel Manila on June continue reading : DSWD strengthens its Bayanihan Bayan Program